Question: I have had an umbilical hernia for about 2 years with no problems but about a month ago i started having abdominal discomfort. It started in my upper abdomen and moved to the belly button area and then lower. I went to an urgent care provider and they said it was the hernia and sent me for a CT scan. The scan showed no abnormalities except the 2cm hernia. The pain from it ranges from mild to moderate with some occasional sharp pains. It has started affecting my daily life and i am going to consult with a hernia surgeon in two days. My comcern today is that i have also had digestive issues which i attributed to worrying about the hernia. Occasionally i would see red pieces in my stool, but could trace back to bits of undigested food, carrots, red pepper, watermelon. Today i had two bowel movements. First was normal, no red. Second one about 3 hours later was gray and black. This has me worried about bleeding as there was a lot of black. Black part was kind of mucous like but not sure if it could be considered tarry. Now i have a mild stomach ache. A little medical history: last year i was diagnosed with gastritis and colon polyps and had two large, non cancerous poylps removed. I'm not nausiated, just a stomach ache and dull pain around the navel area. Is this a medical emergency? Very worried about this.

I feel ok, orher than the umbilical hernia discomfort. Wouldnt i have more symptoms if this was an emergency? Going to see the doc in two days